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MarineCombatEngineer

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5. Yep,

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 17, 2026, 10:45 PM

Friday

and that's why they called them Ground Pounders, you could literally feel the ground pounding beneath the tires.
I also remember when they used gas for the burnouts, but they banned that because of damage the gas did to the track and started using bleach.

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